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An Al Jazeera investigative programme has obtained hours of leaked audio recordings of prominent military officers in the regime of the ousted leader, Bashar al-Assad, discussing plans and efforts to destabilise Syria, and suggesting coordination with Israel.<\/p>\n
The revelations, set to be broadcast on the programme Al-Mutahari<\/em>, or The Investigator<\/em>, on Wednesday evening, are based on more than 74 hours of leaked audio recordings and hundreds of pages of documents obtained in the investigation.<\/p>\n The leaks implicate al-Assad\u2019s high-ranking officers, specifically Suheil al-Hassan, the brigadier-general who commanded the notorious Quwwat al-Nimr (Tiger Forces), an elite unit in the former regime\u2019s army.<\/p>\n The investigation uncovers attempts by these officers to regroup, gather funding, and secure weapons to undermine stability in the country following the ousting of al-Assad.<\/p>\n In one of the most significant recordings, a source \u2014 identified in the leaks as a hacker or intermediary \u2014 is heard assuring al-Hassan of Israeli backing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe State of Israel, with all its capabilities, will stand with you,\u201d the source tells al-Hassan.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is a level higher than me, Mr Rami is the one who coordinates,\u201d al-Hassan is heard saying. \u201cAnd I have dangerous intelligence information.\u201d<\/p>\n It has been a year since a lightning offensive by allied rebel groups, led by current President Ahmed al-Sharaa, ended the Assad dynasty\u2019s 54-year reign, forcing Bashar al-Assad into Russian exile.<\/p>\n Yet, as the regime collapsed, Israel seized on the instability by significantly escalating its military campaign in Syria, targeting much of its neighbour\u2019s military infrastructure, including main airports, air defence systems, fighter planes, and other strategic facilities, as well as occupying more of Syria\u2019s Golan Heights, and bombing the capital, Damascus, in July.<\/p>\n Over the past year, Israel has launched more than 600 air, drone or artillery attacks across Syria, averaging nearly two a day, according to a tally by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).<\/p>\n The recordings also feature Ghiath Dalla, a former brigadier-general in al-Assad\u2019s forces, who appears to validate al-Hassan\u2019s position as a representative of the regime\u2019s traditional strongholds.<\/p>\n \u201cMy Master, Suheil the Tiger, spoke the feeling of the whole mountain and the whole coast,\u201d Dalla is heard saying, referring to the coastal and mountainous regions that were long considered the heartland of support for the al-Assad family.<\/p>\n The leaked conversations also capture al-Hassan expressing disdain for current developments, referred to as \u201cthe flood\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cOur prayers for you all are that this foolishness, this evil, and this blackness called the flood ends,\u201d al-Hassan says in the recording.<\/p>\n The full extent of the plot will be detailed in the upcoming episode of The Investigator<\/em>, hosted by Jamal el-Maliki.<\/p>\n Parts of the leaks are airing on Al Jazeera\u2019s platforms on Wednesday, with the complete investigation scheduled for release in mid-January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n An Al Jazeera investigative programme has obtained hours of leaked audio recordings of prominent military officers in the regime of the ousted leader, Bashar al-Assad, discussing plans and efforts to destabilise Syria, and suggesting coordination with Israel. The revelations, set to be broadcast on the programme Al-Mutahari, or The Investigator, on Wednesday evening, are based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2018Israel will stand with you\u2019<\/h2>\n
\u2018The feeling of the coast\u2019<\/h2>\n
Investigation to air<\/h2>\n
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